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R 2 THE SUN, MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1897.
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Wtr amount la devoted to the progress and develop.
Wm'l mentof the Island, bpaln tnmt do as England
H'l bu done In Canada withdraw nil her military
If forces from her nutonomona colony. There Is
))' but one small garrison nt Halifax. Spain knows
1MV? that under any real ) stem of local self-govom-
1 ment the Cubans would havo tho rlyht to bear
' MM arm, and then sho would hnvotu withdraw her
I ft' European garrisons, rxctM from a few
f strategical points. Spain Is convinced that
la. twnty-fonr hours after theso conditions exist
IF In Cuba her flc would eenso W wave over the
if, Morro Cnstle. For this reason, perhats,
I jH Canovas has asserted "that nil essential pre-
Jf, rogntlves of sovereignty and powers of gotcrn
I ll? went In that colony will continue to beexer-
Hj cited In Bpaln," which, translated Into plain
, fl English, means that If the Cubans would bo
J foolish enough to lay down their arms again,
?' they would again be duped.
( Another difficulty arises outof the commercial
2 aspect of tho question. The treaties In which
V Cuba will be interested will be mado for tho
f benefit and with the intervention of Cuba, nnd
j -. Cuba would cease to be a trlbnUry of Spanish
' p Mrloulture and Industry by the abolition of tho
f high tariffs which to day turn Cuba Into a prlv-
y' lleged market for Spain; the (22,000,000 of
' . Spanish produots artificially forced upon Cuba
sjTery year would cease. The discriminating
'i tariff and flag duties which have contributed to
J the prosperity of Rarcelona,Sanlauder,Corunna.
X Cadiz, Malaga, and Valencia and many minor
1 V portsof the mother country would be abrogated;
j f and the mere prospect of such an occurrence Is
5, enough to cause the Spanish Oovernment to
!tt a revolution at home. Instigated by It he
Dpanlsh manufacturers, who hate no other
market but Cuba, and who would rise to a man,
eetng that their profits are going to the natural
commercial metropolis of Cuba, the United
4 States, to those whom they call the "land of
i shopkeepers " or "the land of the hog."
The last obstacle, norhaps the greatest. Is that
no party In Bpaln will accept the guaranty of a
s foreign power to carry out her undertaking.
' Mr. Cleveland says In his message that "the
United Btstea would endenvor to find a way,
', Dot objectionable to Spain, of furnishing such
I J guaranty'," but if we are to Judge by the insults
Leaped dally upon the United States by the
it press and people of Bpaln, it would be Indeed a
' bard task to find any form of guaranty which
I i would bo acceptable to the Bpanlsh nation,
i whloh In all Its classes hates and cordially de
j I spites the American people. Canovas, repro-
- tenting the proud Bpanlsh hidalgo, has nn-
. awered Mr. Cleveland In very plain terms.
"Spain." he snts. "cannot undertake to be
voided In her domestic affairs by any other
f Government, nor can she allow any foreign
agitation to Influence her In dealing with her
rebellious colonic " " Bpaln Is not Turkey," he
lias arrogantly exclaimed
The United Blatos como second In our con
sideration of the subject, Supposing, for the
, sake of argument, that some superior hpanlsh
. tnlnd should propose " genuine autonomy," and
tLat the Bpanlsh people, suddenly transformed
1 in a day, stinuld acquire the political mlnil
' Yrhlch has not bcendoveloped In three centuries.
conld tho United tates enter Into this curious
V and extraordinary arrangement! The United
L Plates conld not burden themselves with the
L responsibility of a protectorate, over both Cuba
t and iplu. They would have to accept the
i eternal rfile of policemen watching over his
i. Most Catholic Mujesty to see that his .Most
i Cathollo Majesty fulfils his contract. The
j v United States must have an Immense standing
army and navi to as to coerce morally In case
' of necessity. Commerce, even with reciprocity
'II ) bribes, would bo In constant danger: the
H , Stock Exchange would oscillate at every
I despatch from Cuna: the country would
I I i live under the hugahoo of au Invis
ible and yet probable war scare: no good
Ji times and prosperity could be possible under
', this Ingenious state of allnlrs. Were Spain to
' admit tho guaranty of the United .States, no
, should have Bpaln keening a r.omlnnl sorer-
!' algnty over Cuba and the United Mates super-
Tiling Spain and retraining the Cubans, sbuuld
they aspire to break at any time the
ties thnt bind them to the European monarchy.
; The temper of the American people has been
shown In this respect. Statesmen of all parties
' would not permit such a drsplcable action to be
, I consummated. Tills (iovernment cannot be
i the sponsor of bpanlsh domination. na, of
j tyranny. In Cubu. A free and liappy country
! cannot barter tho hanplnoss and freedom of a
1 gallant people for certain commercial advan
tages we cannot be made to believe that the
Island Is to remain " In the claws of the tiger "
for the sake of any treaty whatever. There Is
f no American hand which would sign such a
I document, no American who would ratify with
' ' bis vote such an npostacy of American princi
ples. A llepubllcan senator, Cushman K. Datls,
' baa said In reference to any assistance to be
given Spain to put down the Cuban patriots:
!L r,The people of this country would not permit
J snch a usurpation of great power." A Demo-
cratlo Buuator, Wllllsm I.lndtay. has uttered
these bravn words "To do that would he In
II famous. This coantr) will never do It. No
U arrangement v. Ill receive the approval of the
. Senate that Is not entirely satisfactory to tho
; insurgents In tho Held "
The United States of America, after ISO years
ot Independence, docs not seem to bo the pioper
country to become the guaranty for monarchies.
The American people follow to-ilay the wishes
v of Washington, who desired liberty for all no-
, tlons. Ihej do not care to tee Cuba continue a
, colony: they want to tee her a sister republic.
, And now wo come to the third party, to Cuba,
the most Important of all, becuuse In the deter
mination of the conflict depends the very
, axlstenco of her children. For absolute Inde
pendence they have Inbored for more than three
l quarters of a century. They hate carried on
I the war for ten jears, and since the ".'1th of
v February. 1805. the havo given their blood
; and money without stint to conquer oncu for all
the Inalienable rights of frie men. It Is Idle to
' think that the unulrt accept, after, quoting tho
president's word", "the stability two years'
duration lias given to the insurrection, tho
feasibility o( its Indoflnite prolongation In the
nature of things, nnd as shuwn by past expert-
ence," reforms which were such a farce to thorn
that they ere obliged to appeal to arms.
t lu the first daa of the present retolutlnn.
when the leuders had not et landed, when only
a few Instead of :I3.0U0 men were well armed.
' when the revolution was confined to a single
J province, propoiltlons of more liberal reforms
L were made to tho present Vice-President. Oen.
llasso, nnd were rcfusd. lien. Maximo
Uomez. the Commander-in-Chief, and Jot&
, Marti, the then civil head of tho revolution,
issued a decree a fetr months after, wlilcli Is a
law to-day. that any one bringing overtures of
peace based nu ui tiling but itirtependentu Is to
f be considered as u trnttor and v. Ill lio summnrlly
dealt with, 1 his wns the ro ennctlng ot the no.
called Bpotnrnn decree, which in the last war
.' was dran and mado efltctlvs by the actual
delegate of tL ( uban Hepubllc In the United
t States, Tntnnt I stradal'alma. 'lhe rtprrsenta-
lives of the L'nliin people, on the l.Ttli of Bcp
' iember. IS1!-,, i inUullcd In tho Constitution the
, atme Ue i In Article .I , ulilch sas.
"The treaty of peace with Spain, which
must tircessnrlly hate for Its bails mo
absolnlo Independence of the Itl.iml of Cuba,
.; must bo ralllltMi li the linternment Council.
? and by nnasseinbl) of represent itltes, convened
, expretsly for this purpose." IMi document Is
!algned by the President ot tho republic, by the
1 v Oovernment Council, and by dlntliikulsheo men
, of all the sections ( the Island, tleu. (Jomez. ns
h well as (Jens Uarcln, Hit era. and Hodrlgun,
, has repeatedly declured that ha will not nc-
cept anything hut tho complete separation of
the Island. On .Inn 111, lhOil, (ien, Maximo
Uomez, the ('ommander-ln-Lhief of tho army
of lllieratlnn, wrote to the. btunlsh Oeneral,
Martinez Cnmpos, a letter t hlrli tho Bpanlnrds
1 themselves huve published, and which among
other things rsjsi "Tlio islund of t'ubt as a
i colony, or as a country vthlch has ret oiled to
establish Its Independence, Is already lost to
Hualn Cuba l nblo and wishes to be herself
i llko the other tnuntrles of America.
Let not Spain permit that Cuba owes to outsld-
, rs the assistance tin ma) render her In iieiom-
pushing Independence. Wottlll not)lc!d
one single point until wehnveuctnmpllshed our
f purpose llburty" den. 1-ranclbCoCarrlllo. one
of the most prominent and popular leadors of
, the army, Interi rets the. unntiliuous feeling of
the Cuban people when ho writes ton promi
nent Senator, under date of Oct, ll, INOtl: "It
is useless for me to tell )ou that thern Is rot a
person In the ttcld who thinks of or v. Ill accrpt
aught else but the absolute Independence of tho
island." 'Jo whnni, then, could nri) such ropo.
' altlon as the nun surgestid, or eten one of
gonulne home rule" be mado T It Is current!)
reported that a high Amincan 'jRlclnl nnme
months ago appro.n hud tho Cuban Oovornment
in tho mot delicate manner, and received as an
answer tho words which were repeated in the
appeal made by tho Cuban Hot eminent tol.ntln
America In hepfrnber of Inst year, IMMIi
'Cnbaon her part Is remlved to conquer hor
indenendence, eti-n If shn has to resort to tho
j t most terrible extremities,"
' , r And this Is not mi re hentlmcnt, bnt It Is he-
' . cause friidom Is the only raltntlon to Cuban
j ' Interests. 'Iney will not give up their arras tin-
I ill they hate obtained their salvation, 'lne
5 1'reildent himself questions Ihorinsonablciiess
of unconditional surrender on the part of Insur-
' Kent Cubans before tlit.lt nutnuomt Isioncedod.
' It has cost man) lltcs nnd mnny sacrlllces to
. arm the t'uhin patriots, and It Is Indeed foolish
t to suppose that when the) nro so nenr tho goal
f of their ambition they would give up the means
with whli h the) have reached the olnt where
Spain Is willing to omprouiUo nnd acknowl
edge that she Is Impotent to subdue us In the
field of battle.
'lhe Cubans know thnt tt hen Spain Is willing
tp glto Cuba "genuine autnnnuiy" It Is because
lluba Is lost, nnd she wants, by some trick or
pressure, to mike the Cuban pay the enormous
Bpanlsh debt. '1 ho Cubans are not so simple as
," to accept half a loaf when tho) can have the
; whole. It would be suicidal for them to accept
a debt of hundreds of millions of dollars when
M . they can commenro their life ns a notion free
J J; from all hurdens, wlthuut obligations which
Vrould choke. If not kill entlrel). for many
I L i""rI! ..tno r'o'P'rlty of their Itland. It
. bter that they ihould starve and
die In foreign countries, giving their last mite to
buy arms and ammunition, that they should
fill the African Penal colonies with ph Melons,
lawyers, and planters: it Is wiser that they
should pay their tribute of blood in tho plain
and mountains of thelrnatlte land, that they
should bv forever crushed by financial dlfllcul
ties, than see tho prrduct of their labor and
Industry go to pay intereston thotery money
which has served to keep them In bondage.
And, abovo nil, tho Cubans are determined to
fall like men, rather than shametully and with
cowardice renounce by entering Into and ac
cepting ansgreemeut wbloli would mean tho
abandonment forever of tho high Ideal of com
plete emancipation.
To all such projects the Cubans will respond
now and always with their motto "Independ
ence or Denth." OON7AIO ur OL'CSAIM,
Charge d'Affalrcs of tho Hepubllc of Cuba.
jfr. rxiiNoN anvnoii Jtoir.
Constables Onnrd the Boor and Factions
Clash Surlaa- Hervlee.
Mount Vkiinow. N. Y., Jan. .1. At the morn
Ingservlce to-day In St. Paul's German Lutheran
Church, the Hev. C. V. Bommcr. tho pastor, pro
sided. The Hov. Mr. Kelt of Now Vork, mis
sionary of the German Lutheran Church,
stationed at Kills Island, prsached tho sermon.
The lawyers representing the adherents of Mr.
Sotnmer and the antl-ommer faction occu
pied front pews. Constables Ileldlng and Von
Garret were on guard at the door. No allusion
was mads In the sermon to the church U I fa
culties. At the close of the sermon Christian Kolpln,
President of the Hoard of Trustees elected on
Monday night by the faction opposed to the
Her. Mr. Bommcr, walked down the centre aisle
and read from a paper as follows: "I, as tho
Presldont of the Hoard of Trustees of this con
gregation, desire to state thnt on Dec. 28. 1800.
onr regular election tt as held. John U. Wlntgen
and Christian Miller were elected trustees for
one year. John Itoscher nnd Hermann Schmidt
for two yean. Christian Kololn and Frederick
W. Nlenuyer for three years. The board has
reorganlxrd with Christian Kolpln, Prssident;
John Horcher, Treasurer, and I rederlck W.
Nlemejer, Secretary. All moneys collected and
all moneys due the church must be paid to the
Secretary. Two deacons are to be elected dur
)nr the weeL."
Mr. Kolpln then thus addressed the Her. Mr.
Sommer: "You have stated to us In writing
that you will not recognlre this Hoard of Trus.
Jees. and we have called n mretlnv for Jan. II,
t S o'clock, when the matter will be decided.
At the same time, grave charges will be nre
sented aiatntt )ou, and will be considered by
this new Hoard ot Irustees, On Jan. 1.1 the
board will report to the congregation. It It ex
pected that tbo congregation will then take
proceedings to oust you. If )ou have not In the
meantime tent In your resignation." Mr. Kol
pln again addressed the pastor: "llr what
right," he asked, "was the Her. Mr. Kell
brought to Mount Vernon to prencb, being a
memoer of the Missouri Conference"
Mr. Sommer made no answer.
As the congregation filed out Mr. Heeker. a
friend of tbo Hev. Mr. Sommer. met some mem
bars ct the opposing faction. He shouted:
"Mockery; it's a shame. Hod will punish you
for blasphemy." Lawyer Frederick Vr. Ernst
said after tho morning service that legal pro
ceedings would be at once Instituted against
thenntl-Sooitncr faction. Mr. Summer aud bis
friends hate drawn up formal charges, tt Is
said, acMnst Police Sergeant Hrckwlth and the
Satrolmen who were on duty at the meeting
londay night, and who are accused of allowing
the antl-Sommer faction to take control of the
ballot box by force, to tamper with the gas
meter, and pick the door locks.
TUX TltXATMXT OF COSrlOT3.
Mr. Ttntltogton Jlootli Protest Hlroaclr
jLnnlant l&erplna: Tbena la Idleness.
Mrs. Ualllngton Booth added yesterday after
noon to her protest against the action of the
State authorities in taking employment away
from the convicts In the btate prisons nnd peni
tentiaries. She did so In the course ot an ad
dress made at tho Fourteenth street Presby
terian Chnrcn. on Second avenue. Tho work
hitherto provided by the State, she ssld, pre
vented many a mind and body from becoming
physical wrecks. Theconvlot mind needed oc
cupation to aarett from Itself. To confine able
bodied men In a small tomb sevon or eight feet
long by five feet wide was a most horribly
brutal thing to contemplate, Mrs. Hooth de
clared. "It means." said she, "that tho Judge who,
nnderthe new conditions, Impoios a penalty of
fit e or ten year upon a prisoner. Is virtually
condemning him to death, and theape, tre will
rite again against such a practice to claim Jus
tice at a higher tribunal. Lverybody who Is at
all a student of courlct life In prisons must ad
mit that under the old system of work ths ecu
tlcts were Improved mentally and morally. If
not physically. The higher the tonvlct In tho
Intellectual order, the greater the wear and tear
of confinement npon him.
"lhe question Is a tltal one to soclet) nnd
the State. It Is simply, shall convict serve
out their trras and be returned to the world,
perhaps to be reclaimed, or shall tin y servo bnt
a part and spend the rest of their days in
Insane as)lumsT The authorities cannot afford
to quibble over the question, and It seems In
me the imperative dot) of Christian men nnd
women to see to It that the convict mind uud
body Is kept at some sort of dally labor. People
generally should be made to understand the
awful tate to which these men have been
doomed. Taken from their work means the loss
of their salvation."
a jinooKLTS vAsTttn nntiiass.
The Bit, A. A. t'uieraa tVnntn to WlttM
draw rrom the Caltarjr Jlnpttnt Church.
At the close of the communion service In the
Calvary tlaptlst Church, In Sumner avenuo and
Decatur street, Hroiklyn, yesterday, tho res.
Itnatlon of the Her. A. A. Cameron, the pastor,
to take effect on April 1, was announced, lhe
Hev. Mr. Cameron had unrelated ns usual and
the announcement of his resignation was re
ceived with general surprise.
While some of the officers and a few of the
members were awaro that ho had been for a
year contemplating such action, the majority of
the congregation were In Ignnrnnceof the fact,
'I he resignation was referred to a committee of
five, with Instructions to report nu Jan. 12.
The committee had a conference last avrnliig,
and It Is understood will request the pastor to
withdraw his resignation.
The church. It is said, has flourished under
the three years' pastorate of the Hev. .Mr Cnin
eron, und his relations with tho ollliers mid
members hate alna)s been most cordial It
lias, however, been oppressed with an Indebted
ness of oter $30,000, and It is understood that
tho difficulty to protlde for the running ex
penses, as well as for the mortgages had Home
thing to do with the purpose of the Hev, Mr.
Cameron to withdraw. "He has felt," one of
the members said last night, "that the church
was not In a position to pay his Halsry of S.'.iOO
a year and that It was his duty to relievo tho
trustees of the burden. I think, however, thul
he will be Induced to remain."
lhe Hev. Mr. Cameron Is the President of the
Law enforcement society, and has aided the
Iter. Dr. I. K. Funk In his various temperance
cruiailesln Brooklyn the past three years. He Is
also Vice-President of tho Haotlst Ministers'
Association. Before coming to Brooklyn he
was in charge of a chnruh In Dent er, Col.
KIl.LF.n JtXA FA J.I. FKOU A lriXDO TT
Bffarsr VTan Anmtoua to X.enTe Women
Who Had Locked lllm In n Room.
Otto Mayer, SB years old, a laborer, of 193
Howery. was killed about midnight, Saturday,
by falling from a window of the fourth floor of
the rear house at 60H Kast Hleventh street. His
death is regarded with some suspicion by tho
police, who hate arrested two women. They
are Mrs, Catherine Coleman and Mrs. Acnes
McCarthy, who live In the room from which
Ma)er fell,
Majer went to the two women's flat about 8
o'clock Saturday evening, 'fhey were after
ward Joined by two other women who be
longed on that floor, Mm, Mnggle Cox and Annie
Hoi le. A good doalot drinking was done and
lust ns mueli iruarielilnir. Hie Janltress of tho
house had to ai k the party more than half a
doen times tn keep quiet.
At last Mayer proposed to go home. The
wmnm tuy thuy were afraid that he would harm
some one, or como to some Imrm hlinnelf it he
were allowed to h uvo the house so they tried to
persuade him nottogo. He lutlsted, and said
he would get nut In some wat, I lulling the
doar locked on him, ha ran to the window uud
npennd it before he tould i stopped, lio
climbed half way out and clung to a blind for a
few seconds, w bile the women entreated him to
come In.
Ilo did not havo time to decide before the
blind gave wa), and Ma)er fell to the pave
ment, striking on his head. Ills skull was fruo
tuted, and he died soon after.
The police arretted Mrs Coleman nnd Mrs.
McCarthy because of the quarrelling which pre
ceded Mayer's fall from the window.
Fell Out ofthe It ludonr sui tt us Mortally
Injured.
Mrs. Mary Hackmnun, 74 ) ears old, on Satur
day evening, while cleaning onu of tho rear sea-ond-story
windows of her homo nt 400 Monroe
street. Hobolen, fell Into the yard. She was
picked up unconscious and died three hours
latar. An Investigation showed that set eral of
her ribs were broken and that the had received
sorere internal Injuries.
OUTBREAK BY D.C. POTTER
riTonisn ovt of tub itArTiar
TAtinnSAOi.x, nr. hats juxnaa.
It line rteen m l.onir slob to Oet Hint Oat.
nnd lie Calls ilohn II, ItoekeTelter a
Vpiis Tree, and rJnr Thnt It la it
Hhttme ta Ite t lltspttat In New York,
The Hev, Dr. D. C. Potter, dispossessed from
the PaptlstTnbernacIo, preached In the Welsh
Congregational Church, In Hast Eleventh
street, yesterday, and pitched Into the Haptlst
City Mission Society ard John D. Rockefeller.
The society had foreclosed mortgages It held on
thoTnbornacloand sold It under the hammer,
refusing to let tho congregation meet thereuntil
It oould get another meeting house. The Welsh
church and St. Mark's Kptscopil Church both
offered accommodation to the dispossessed con
gregation, and service was held yesterday
morning In the little Welsh church while the
1 abornncle remained empty. Dr. Potter said In
the prelude to his sermon:
"We are now deprived of our own beautiful
house, scarce S00 feet from whero we are moot
ing, by a soulless moneyed corporation from
which wo had borrowed money, tho Interest
upon which no could not pay. We are put In
the streot without a moment's warning by our
own and only City Church Extlnotlon foolety,
to whom we owed nothing, who never gavo ns
one penny, nnd who obtained the non-Interest
bearing mortgages they foreclosed without any
consideration whatever. In other words, wears
wounded In the house of our friends. Had we
been guilty of the technical faults alleged
against us (but we were not) less than $50 would
havo settled the mattor, and for this amount we
are robbed of over tVOO.OOO worth ot property
by Haptlst church members who this very hour
are sitting In their onn churches for the wor
ship of God,
"That this Iniquity wat being perpetrated
most all of the Haptlst pastors knew. Soma ot
tbem knew wo had written a respectful letter to
the board of the City Mission Society asking to
remain under our own roof until we could find
another shelter, and we promised expedition In
doing so, but eten as they heard our request
they pasted the matter oter to a committee,
who answered us by taking the locks off our
doors before tholr letter declining our requests
came through the mall.
"A member of that committee, Mr. S. V.
White, stood In our church about noon Wednes
day last and ho saw tve were ready for tho
evening service. I told him of the Impossibility
ot notifying you and of the disappointment of
our children. He replied that tho only man who
had anything to say was K. b. Clinch. 'Hut.' I
said, ' ho It not on the committee to whom this
mailer was referred.' I can't help that; he has
all the sn),' Our Haptlst brethren know this
Clinch, yet they employ him and allow him to
do this kind of business, and nter say one pro
testing word. And the) will not ray an thing,
Iheioare tint Ave Baptist pnstors In this rlty
who will dare critlollo Ibis Iniquity. They will
not openly say one udterte word about this
thine, whateter they may think. 1o tell the
rea-on Is loo humiliating
"One thing has been made clear by this harsh,
unfeeling, nnd dlbgracelul uctlon nf our City
Mission snclct). and no other or further ett
denco Is required to protelt, nnd that Is thnt all
thnt has been mid about the plot and conspiracy
to ruin me Is true ami the public will beliete It
trui Desperate Indeed is tho cae of those en
gaged In this thing, when as a means to in) de
struction they must recoter tlrst thilr own
donations to tho cause of religion und then ap
propriate tho properly we. alnady had fice and
unincumbered to the extent of oter $1(0,000.
Of course the noit and toxical step Is to s.ienoe
the victims' irlis for Justice and help, b) com.
Plctn annihilation The City Mission people
have unwilling!) done me this intaluible service
and I render acknowledgments, 'lhey have
proved in) case. So much spite and mallco
and dishonor were never before shown by nn
alleged religious to jj, not against n wicked
heretic who had dare j to think tontrari to the
canon, but against a sister church sound In the
faith and of longand honorable record. Let tho
Baptist churches felicitate themselves upon
th'tr trcilmtnt nf one of their own sisters. In
their own assoclat.on
"This Is an sg of alleged enlightenment and
honor, no the mind hi "Hates to grasp our state
ments, nnd charitably concludes we are, we
must be, mistaken. Hut wo who knuw the In
side nre not mlstnkrp, WenatersentheP)thon,
we hnto felt the crushing force ot his relentless
colls, ne are bruised und brokeu In the conflict,
and the serpent Is resting but for a moment, re
coiling for a new attai I,.
" hen John D. Hockefeller sent his attorney,
George Wellwood Murra), lieforo the l hurch
Committee appointed In 180, became with a
lie lu his mouth, and with the proposition that
)ou, nn old and honored church of Christ, git e
up lour dearest rights and personal llbert),and
your ter) opinions nnd Judgment. He mudo
the threat In ilhrnncraled language that if nu
stood by your am lent p illty aud prlt lieges, and
refused his dictation, )ou would suffer, 'lhe
man of oer a humln-d millions bus bc-n as
good as his tliri-n. It was. Indeed, a noble am
bition of this greut man, this man whote name
must he spoken In whispers, nnd whose oppos
ing Influence Is as stealthy nnd deadly as that
of the tipae tree tills thought of his to destroy
an historic hurch aud lis liislgnlll"sht
minister. becnuse the) dured to go
their own wa). tho way of ihelr de
nomination nnd their fathers. There was not
room enough In tho whole world for any one
wnn presumed to think or net contrar) to the
Instructions paired out by this man's sert Ice
able attormy. Well. )ou drclded to follow
tour consciences, the polity of our church,
jour right nf orlvale judgment, Jour honor and
manhood, and your Bible, but you little knew
they would lead tou Into the street Wiu
thought )ou would quietly go tour way and
others would do the same, but 1 on did not know
tho frightful po'T of unlimited money used
b) an unscrupulous hand. I have been silent
fur five long )cnrs 1 tm freed uf nil obligations
b) reason of the outrages heaped upon )ou and
upon me, nnd the time tosienk has come.
"lhe Baptist Clt) Mission Society has ob
tained our propert) b) processes of so-called
Ian, bnt the net Is not credltnhle either to their
legal practice or to their morality. And I aiserl
that the pu-scsslou of our property, taken from
us In tho manner It has heen,r. neter be other
than u blight nnd a cures. hen honest men
Know the facts their support of that soclrts will
crate. No ble-slng of God will ever rest upon
worship within those consecrated 'labernstle
walls under thenuspleesotthatChurch Mission
Hiitnctlnn r-ocioly,
Dr. Potter tin n gat e some of the details of the
court proieedlngs which led to the tale of
the church, and proceidtd:
"MeantiiiiM im must remember that the
burglar arrested In our edifice by officer of the
luwlu the ter) act. Is alter thete years still at
largs never lulled to plend, untried, nnd un
punished, Piitniira, the libeller. Is at large
on ball, untried, unpunished, Shaw, tbo
distributer of lio literature. Is at lare
nn ball, also untried mid unpunished. All
theto (uses In the Dlstrkt Atlnrnev's oflleo
nro under the spell of tho upns tree sopor
ific, nnd nil known lu that office at a
certain man's cases. 1 he spies, detectives and
bloodhound nro still slonlt pursuing, and the
one 1 summoned on an order from the court
never cume, but n smooth law )rr quieted tho
Judge, 'ihe poor man I caught, however,
was discharged from Wilkinson's agency for
allowing mo to turn tho tables. Ibis is a
cheerful retrospect! When I sought Justlco
from a libellous editor of a Western paper, he
engaged a relatlie to defend him, but when an
amended answer was put In, I discovered that
the substituted ntlorney was the law) er of tho
deadly upas tree. When I contracted to sacri
fice n plice of our country property to save the
remainder, and It was found nut In New nrk,
some one had Influence to stop my purchaser, a
big shipper of fruit over a Northern Pacific
road, and tho hucr did not come to fulfil Ills
contract nnd all tho propert) was lost. A Jour
nal in thlsilty said the other da) i 'Dr. Potter
thinks he Is being pirsccuted by Mr. Hockefel
ler.' 'Thinks' Is good
"About lite tenrs ngn the Tabernacle se
cured and owned a linsenf tho pnperty 1(10
Second avenue, thus filling out tho block, for
l','l )cnrs Mr, Hockefeller agreed to build a
houso on that lot for wiir ouiig women's work,
then nt K'U Second avonue. where It had been
tcn)cars, 'lhe houso nn the corner was torn
down by tho order of Mr. G. W. Murray, .Mr.
Hocnefellor's ntlorne). to begin the work. Hut
tbo building was not built After n long delay
Mr. JCocXdfeUerscnt Dr. tV. W Ilo)d to mo to
lersiiado nib to accept llfty.on thousand
dollar bonds tnttrad of the building. '1 hi- plan
was to plarn tho bonds In trust, the interest
to bo paid In tho Tnbc-runelo for ten
jenrs sure, likely for tweni) jears. Hut we
wern to assign tho lease to a party
to bu named by Mr. Hockefeller. A square, bar
gain, lntrest-pa)lng bands for lease, 'lhe
bonds paid Interest fora short tlmennd stopped.
We havo not had any Interi it for over lour
Econo
my to Hike Hood's Snrsaparllla, because "100
Dotes One Dollar" Is pocullar to nnd true only
of Hood's. Kcop )oursolf healthy by taking
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
Which build up and strengthens tho system.
HnnrPa Pllla ours Liver Ills: easy to
1IUUU fills take, easy to opsrate, Soo,
I
Annual Sale
of
Ladies' Muslin
Underwear.
Commencing
Mojtday, yanuary 4th,
, Night Gowns, Drawers,
Chemises, and Skirts,
35c. 50., 7SC' 98c. $1.25, $1.95
Corset Covers,
2SC 35 5c., 75c. 98c. 1.25
Nainsook Gowns and Skirts,
$1.50 to $6.75,
value $30 to 111 00.
Nainsook Drawers & Chemises
$1.25 to S3. 75,
valuo i 00 to tins.
Outing Flannel Skirts,
(scalloped adge).
18 cts.
Robes,
Eider-down,
(bound with satin ribbon tied with atlk
fairdle).
4-2 5,
"" YaJuoM.T.
China Silk Negligee,
, (enlorai pink, blue, whlto, Uvonder and
5llaok Jaokot efl.ut.1
8.75,
value its oa.
Dimity,
(with deep Bailor oollar trimmed with
embroidery.)
$3-75,
Talaete.oo.
Silk Skirts,
(In black nnd changeable. Tlmbrella
shape with corded and dust ruffles. full
tire).
$5-o,
value 18 Tl.
Lord 3 Taylor
DroadTfoy & EOtU St.
year. Had those bonds paid their Interest
there would hate been no distressing aud dis
graceful suits for unpaid bills against the Tab
ernacle or Its minister, and the excuse for the
foreclosure of our one dollar per annum mort
gages would have never been born. Thus by
tne act of the builder of ili-mllllon. dollar col
leges the reason lur the act of the City Mission
Society founder It clearly established. It thus
comes to pass that )ou are made to suffer by
reason of a condition created by tbo beneficent
benefactor of bis own beneficence.
"These nre fact as oold as cruel. I know
tbey ought not to be facts. I know thev arn
fact, t have suffe red In sllence-so long that I
can conceal these things no longer. The position
Is so false, so harrowing, and works such mon
strous Injustice that silence now Is crime. Yet
1 strive to think of these awful things as a
nightmare, n dltordered dream, as n fic
tion, and that It all Is a hideous mistake.
Would Gnd It could be made so tu be ! Noono
wants to believe all these horrors of any man or
men. even though they be depraved. It Is so
bard as to be ulmost Impossible to believe them
of people, tou know aro kind sometimes, nre
good to their own, nnd lovable
"It Is a shame to be a Baptist In New
lork with these matters as they are. from
this day nu there are no honest Bap
tists In New Vork, yea, Baptists know
neither the Bible nor Christ unless this
Iniquity, which no man can dent or excuse. Is
purged. The stranger hearing this nor) for the
first tlmo would think we were talking ofthe
Impossible nr were Imagining what inlkht be
done by a Weyler In civil life or a Czar In the
dark ages. But this catalogue nf horrors Is the
plain experience of a Christian church und Its
commonplace minister In the metropolitan cen
tre ofthe fairest land of liberty. It Is a stor) of
human wrong on tho one hand nnd indifference
to suffering nnd lawless soulless oppression and
outrage and cruelty on the other. It It an out
line ot the Inhumanlt) of vast wealth and the
brutallt) of self will and conceit, whose out
ward exhibition of Itself Is In studied humility
nnd an appearance of meekness not matched
since tho time of Moses. Anil tho man who
dares to say these truths takot hit whole fnture
In tils hands, he fores prison cells and assassi
nation, lhe rage they will exclto will be un
it mnded, and the revenge they invite will be
slow and crafty, sumle but sure. All the more
maddeulng and unbearable Is all this because,
alas. It Is all, all true! If out of llifir hlstorlo
scandal wo all lenrn that great wealth can do
wrong, that men of vast power are subjected to
vast temptations, nnd, being human, yield to
tbem, just as does poorer humoulty, then wo
ahnll not have suffered In vain
"This whole wickedness will cost the Baptists
dear: hut perhaps not more than It will be
worth If we find nut. In spite of our servility,
our greed, our desire to flatter aud alt with the
great, that mono) does not make manhood, that
millions are not morality, and honors nre not
honesty, that no man Is far abovo his fellows,
and that there are some things in life nf more
value than gold: that the rich man who dors
wrong Is Just as guilty and wicked and vile as
Is the criminal tramp: If we learn thnt tbere
are countless thou-ands who hate lived and
died poor in this world's goods, and who )et
were rich toward God and who will have as
high seats In heavenly plnces as will any of the
millionaires of this present world."
A MISSION FOlt yOS-CATUOJ,lCB,
Another Started by Father XloOTr In m
Ilrooklrn t'hnreb.
Tho Hev. Edward J, Duffy, the acting pastor
of St, Peter's Cathollo Church in Warren and
Illcks streets, Hrooklin, began last night a
mission fornnn-Cathollcs. These missions havo
become quite frequent In that city nnd thry are
well attended. Hueh wits the case last night.
The Hev, It. M. It) an delivered a short sermon
nn the subject "Has Godetcr spoken to man?
What did lie say f How can we know It?" In
sneaking nf tho reunion nf Christian churches,
the Hev. father Duffy said.
"Knr this. Christians In whom the spirit of
the Master dwells havo long yearned, nor hat a
they coated to mourn over Ihe misunderstand.
Ings Hint have thus far prevented its accom
plishment. Chief among the causes of tin so
has been tho unfortunate Intlstunce In each
purl) in putting its own construction on the
teachings nnd the principles of opponents.
"Ofaflnthrrt. the Catholic Church, thelargest
and moit whlel) diffused of nil the Christian
bodies in tho world, has suffered most from this.
Happll) achnngefor the tetter has come over
the tarlnue denominations since the question of
tho union of Christendom has been mooted,
lhey aro now willing tu havo the old Church
bIb her nun caso,"
7ho subject for this overling is, "Thenible.
To whom does It helong? Tor what Is It given?
Does it fulfil Its purpose? Should nil read It?"
K.. H WA lM'H Vhi IX.
Ilia Halt Tor Pay tt llhhrld Vnder the Ben.
tence ol s nurt Mnrtlnl.
WASHiNciTnv, Jan. :i. The claim of Brlg.
Gen, D. G, hwnlm, retired, formerly Judge
Advocate General of tho Aimy, for thnnmouut
of his pay withheld under the execution of the
sentence of a court martial, will come before
the Supreme Court of tho United Htntcs this
week for argument, he hating appealed from
the decree nf the Court of Claims, which re
jected his suit, Gen, Swalm wus tried by ft
court martial, nuchnrw.es preforred by Major It,
N scntt, acting under ni ders from Ihe Secretary
of War, ntul found guilt) of conduct unbecoin.
Ing n gentleman and nn officer, ond snntencrd
to bu suspended from rank and duty for twelve
)earsaiid lu forfeit half his pay for each month
nf that period. He tiled to recover the sums so
withheld on the ground that the court martial
which tried him wat illegally constituted, thnt
tho charges against him were not properly Pre
ferred, and that the facta proved constituted no
offenoa.
THIS WEEK IN CONGRESS.
XIIK CVItAX QVEHTION CF.KTAIS
XO CONK VI' I. 1UE BJtSATE.
Benislor Hal tVIII Int Forward the Army
Hill to Antnsronla the Cameron Rest.
lutlon Ths Fnelfle Rnllrsmd l'andlns:
mil tbe (special Order In the House.
Washington, Jan, .1, When the Senate
meets on Tuesday morning, after the holiday
recess. It Is quite likely that debate will begin
on matters pertaining to our foreign relation
and the position assumed by Secretary Olney
for the Executive. Whether Mr. Cameron will
call up the Cuban resolution on the opening
day of the session is not et known, for the
Senator has not returned to tho olty, and the
subject It entirely in bis hands. It Is hardly
thought that ho will seek to force the Issue on
the opening day, owing to the fact that there la
not likely to be a quorum of tho Senate present.
During the morning hour, however, nnderany
gnlse that may bo put forward, the debate on
the subject can he commenced, but It mutt give
way to the unfinished business at 3 o'clock, un
less there are sufficient votes to displace the
Oklahoma Froa llomestosd bit!.
Mr. Hale, who Is looked upon ns the leader of
the anti-Cuban sentiment In the Senate, ssld
yesterday thnt several Senators who had been
heretofore silent on tho subject had come out
against the Cameron resolution, andtherowa
now no posslblo chance for Its passage.
On the other hand, Messrs. Cameron, Lodge,
Chandler, Morgan, and Milts assert that the
sentiment favoring action by Congress Is bo
coming more vigorous, and that the lighting;
will be forced from the start. Mr. Hale, who,
in the absence of Mr. Allleon, Is acting Chair
man of the Committee on Appropriations, ex
pect to have the Army bill reported to the
b'enatoon Wednesday, and this will be put for
ward to antagontro the Cuban proposition.
Just before the holiday recsts tn House of
Representative!, upon the recommendation of
the Committee on Ilules, arranged the business
of tho House for the first week nf the new year.
On Tuesday and Wednesday the Loud bill to
amend the postal law so as to prohibit the
transmission In the malls of serial novel publi
cations and "sample" copies of newspapers at
the second clnss rate will bo the special order.
Dlrcussbu under the goneral rule will con
tinue from Immediate!) after tbe reading
of the Journal on Tuesday, the Bill lust, un
til 3 P. M. on Wednesday, and under the five
mlnuto rule upon proposed amendments until A
o'clock, when voting will begin upon pending
amendments and the final passage of the bill.
When the bill ni railed up, rather unexpect
edly, several weeks ng , It dovolupcd surprising
(trength, but since then thuoppeslllon has been
nctltc. nnd the chances of It passage aro now
considered rather doubtful.
After this bill has been disposed nf tho rest of
the week Thursda), I-delay, nnd Saturday -will
bo devoted to the consideration of the
Pacltlo Railroad Funding bill, report, d by
Jitdgo Powers, Chulrmau ofthe Committee, on
Pacific Hnllroads, Iwnitn) will be glteiitu
general discussion, and one dny to dobntu and
notion in Committee of the Whole upon pro
posed amendments, 'lhe hill will be reported to
the House at 5 o't lock on Saturday and tho voto
on Its pinge taken on Monday, the llth Inst.,
Immediate!) after the reading of ths Journal.
Tho bill propovt, to extend tlieOoveramunt
Hen over all tne ph)slcal properties of the com
panies, which. It Is claimed, the present Hen
does not cover, and substitute for all out
standing obligations n new 4 per cent mort
gage, the Goieriiment debt to be carr'cd at 3
percent, per annum. In addition tn Ibis, the
Soutberi Paclflo Company Is required tu pay
the amount charred ugalnst the Cent! al Pnclllc
Company a long as it remains lerei thereof.
The amount of the t'nlon l'a, Ifle mortcaeewlll
le $54,7.11.000. nnd nf the Central Pacific net
SVV.HOl.Oni).
Messrs. Hubbard of Missouri and Poll of
Texas hate mado minority reports opposing the
recommendations of the committer, the former
recommending that the bill drawn by Attorne)
General Harmon and Introduced by Senators
Brlce and Morgan, to enforce the Government
liens upon the property by proceedings In the
Court or Appeals of ihe District of Columbia,
anil tho latter that the debts of tho companies
be) extended at .'I per cent. Instead nf C, secured
by a first murtgago upon all their properties.
1 hey will probably lead the debate against the
committee's bill.
By the terms of the orders making these
measures the- special business, consideration of
any other matlert la shut nut. and It will take
unanimous content to act on anything else
until tho orders have been exhausted. Tha
only exception It that on Friday night private
pension bills will be discussed for two boats
und a half as usual without a quorum.
TAyVEHItll.T'H TACIIT COXQVlCnoit.
The rtunreme C'onrt to Ileetde Whether
Her Helium for Tnrln Dilllee tVaa Legal.
Wasiiinoton. Jen. 3. Among the interesting
enset nn tho call of tho Furreme Court ot the
Cnttsd Stntos this week Is thnt of Frederick W.
Vanderblll's yacht Conqueror prosecuting for
decision of the question whether or not a testel
ot that nature, aud In the circumstances sur
rounding the vessel at the tlmo of Its appear
ance In American waters. Is subjsct to the pay
ment ot customs duties. The case has twice
been on the court docket, hut the first did not
Involve tlio merits of the case. Ihe yacht was
purchased by Mr. Vandorbllt In Mny, 1801,
from one Bailey, a resident of Great Brit
ain, and delivered to him nt Hull, the
price paid being nbout $75,000. In June,
Mr. Vandorbllt was elected a member of the
Hoyul Mersey 'Vncht Club at Liverpool, thus
obtaining the right to fly the blue ensign of her
Majesty's fleet. According to tho brief for the
Government "ho never did, however, fly a
British flag, but always carried the ensign of
the New York Vncht Club, his home club. The
achtdldnot even go to Liverpool. Its enroll
ment on the Liverpool nchl Club list seems to
have bceu with the Intent to claim special prlvl
leges here uuder section sY-'lcl Hetlsed Stat
utes" I'pon her nrrlval In New Vork the yacht was
seized by Collector tassett ns an Imported
nrtlcle, and the Solicitor of I lie Treasury gave
nn opinion that she was dultahte Mr. Vunder
bllt tiled allbtl for the poseslon of the vessel
nnd for damages against the Collector for her
nl jure, 'lhe Collector, nssertlng that the Ad
miralty Court had no Jurisdiction, but that
Vnnderbllt'a remedy was by application to the
Board of General Appralccrs under the
Customs Administrative net. applied to the Su
preme Court nf the I' lilted States for a writ
to prohibit tho lowerrourt from proceeding with
the case. '1 ho writ was refused, the opinion be
ing read by Mr. .lustli e Blatchford. the. libel
was then tried, resulting lu an order h) Judge
Drown to put tho llbtllant In possession of tho
yacht, nun citing him Judgment against tho
Collei tor for S.'1,74'J dnmages. Interests, and
costs. '1 his Judgment v, as utllrmed by the Court
uf Appeals, and the. caso comes to tho Supreme
Court ot the 1'nlted States on appeal.
'lhe twoquestlnns In tho inse arn whether a
forclgn-linOl ) ncht, upon transfer to an Ameri
can cltlren and nrrlvnl at an American port,
ran properly be selred as nn Imported article
within the meaning nf the tariff laws; and
whethera Collector who has selred such a yacht
upon probable cause and hold her for payment
or duties inn be sitbjei ted to such a mulct in
damages as was cntitalnd tn the decree In this
proceeding.
The case will be argued for the Collector and
the (iovernment by Assistant Attorney. General
Whitney and for Mr. Vnnderbllt by Ellhu Hoot.
Blrs. Ktrnusa Dead.
Mrs. William Strauss, who. with her little
daughter, was iisph)xialed with gas at her
house at lfU'li I Ifth at cntie, on Saturday, died
yeiterda). 1 he child died at lhe time.
(MARIANI WINE)
THG IDEAL FRENCH TONIC.
"Honor to Yin Marianl, that
admirable wine, which so often
has restored my strength."
Charles Gounod
At litcaurrs A ysscv Gsncits. Avein Rvsmrrsioss,
Sent free, II this paper Is mentioned,
Descriptive Book, Portraits and Autograph
of Celebrities.
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NEW ANNEX, S3, 55, SI, & 59 West 14th St., running through to ISth SU )H
"DEEDS, NOT WORDS," ARE WHAT WE ALWAYS DE. I
PEND UPON TO ATTRACT AND HOLD OUR TRADE.
Wo propoao to koop in tbo Rood old path, with moro dooclB and W
fowor words by divorting MANY THOUSANDS of dollnrs, horotofora L3
dovotod to advertising, into that many ADDITIONAL BARGAINS. H
Tho following is only an indox to tho thousaud othor ociunlly im flj
portant monoy-suving pricos in our two storos : H
Silks&DressGoods Clothing and Shoes I
rgDjfarr& tf Mffi manuVrtuT.ri,o;MIhvIJc?S' 1
INPIA aa.K. satin'VtVlped.'biack'.'nd l)A A BUITS ae'0T r CAS9IM5"E SACK C EQ
colored, cost 00c. to Import A1 . V..",'.V .' 3
nUm,EU CRRPUNETTE8. S1.00 6g0 0?rm.nr"S,lnlXg0?.t.,:.:?!"'r!!:r: 6.99
CANVAS WEAVE"nAMA8SE.''$1.20 HA,. All-wool FIUEZB ULSTEIIS 0 09 M
"rsle ' -U 5;-N'H BltOH3.aAI,FSKI.V. lace, Btyl-1 r1
MOHAIR and S1I.K FIOUHES. J1.B0 QAn Ish last. $2.00 Quality Ll
" u Glen's and Hoys' PATENT CAI,F. lace, O A 7
WOOL SKROES, with mohair figures.. 30e hand welt, HPECIAh .Z.4
RUiinr.lt nitE!" 8II!EM)S. 3 size ... lo MEN'S HALF HOME, camel's hair. In in VM
COTTON HONE CASINO Oo n5.l"r;l,J'f," l'".? b,"k ly SI
For 7fi ' ""'where else 1 An
Muslin Underwear , " I
HK1H-NKCK CORSET COVERS. - If ril 1 1 f 1 fP mVhfnTR nfiii
Plain, good musllu. alto with tm- Qn 141 IIILUIC. S1!', 7i o rn I
Irolderededg ) 00 ,nt ? .43.69 I
CntV.platn UP HOLSTERV. Patlnnerbr'l'iirtleees n nn H
Cot V embroidered edge - in. beautiful silk !effo?"?... .... 9.99
I)RAVnRS.-MasonTlll. muslin, hem I TIERES muc'belTco," rAPESTRV FOR.
nnd tucks B
Mutlln, hem and 2 clutter tucks Jfift -, . ., ..
Muilln. cnmbrlu ritfTn uw f .Hino rt-rt fnlns-x-s H
Muslin, umbrella rullle J Wlllllct aUQ VJISSSs H
PHKMI'Efi. tucks'. Inst rtlon, ruffle.... 1 QAn A Tery Interesting Ilarealn Table this ..i. H
UNIinitSKlRTH. wide cambric f Z40 ODD LOTS nf llIf)"l,AHt PRCO RATEI.
NIflHT GOWNS, cut V. tuck, and rf)r. cVI!fU Pl'ATKs. DISHES. UOWL9. Ac In. fl
cambrlo ruffle ttVG oludlng about tr, ("asks of '
., nnm,.i',XK HAVH.AND CHINA M
l-X mA1r.V.:-C JO.000 at PRICLH our customers appreciate. ,
nandkercniets. .& TXffiftwiuh DAR0AtN
?od.t;L.K;edli!erfa.n,ou..:,cn,i leIre"n"raah,in,g,c i loo I
Ladles' and Oenllemen's. Ice tram IteL 5nJe. f ?
Hemstlched and Print. ice cream i laies. engraved each.
Bought at Half Value. " "' 2 CUT OLA8S DECAN-
To He hold at Half Value. TER.Snt . 40c each
UMAM, IMn Linen TARLE ,",5, "orth double and many TREDLB
nens. ro,v7:Rs' ,rnm "
. "'"''-' llelfat manufacturer. n , . ,. ,
Po'ltlvelr 40 per cent, less thnn evtr sold (JUQurUrtlC PlniP SllVOrttnrn HI
before. Prices from ORn tn O 00 , nn .. OHVCrWarC.
300 10 .yy 1.000 pieces Manufacturers' Samples,
T,,, 200 down Hemmed HtiPk TEA POTS Rl?OAril",ln"
TOWelS.-1,.3.1 hat e,.f: rW. I
.red cheap for 82.00 a dozen, nt () gJj at ), lb.a ONE-THIItO regular price?3'
Swiss Embroideries. "r'd0of -. -c
fine Cambric Edgings, open work designs, all nOUSeiUrniSttin QS.
CUtnUt.nt s.wsssfcS MB
yo.no.JjdBoajaiil, colonial . ,0o 1
RTAN'K,v'-Tr.yM8oTere and DAMAB 8C "-rthwn'd ?..l. 1-49
He'.ry Linen Stamped Mom,.' SCARFS. IQn JV0 THERMOMETERS, glas. gD
open work design. "D TliPrixmiVv'-rrnu'r '1 H
FEATHER BOAS. Ostrich. 1 yard lone. JUKI oiu ,?Trii 11 -""e" "" I
lHyard 4.1.0 1 m yard 0.40 CASte Witt S'X,h &r 199
Worth about double. 'o tnbe '.'.'".'.'.V.'.'."!.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.".".'.'.' 2.43 H
Ladies' Shoes.-rS Groceries.-8MIs.BiM22 1
Winter Roots. Including Collaktn, Lenot Kid. .,, w None better). in
High School Shoes, with patent leather and HAM, per pound iUD H
plain tips, lain nnd button, opera 1 07 IIACON, per pounl 100 HI
toes, and pointed: per pair 1.0 PICKLE-Cro... & W.rkwell's. All Wn
, .,. , r t 1 1 a ..,!.. n nn kinds pint bottles 13U fM
Ladies' Boiiclc Jackets, jftfJS. 3.98 huyler'scocoa.raker'scocoa i7o 1
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AI.KAXT'3 CKXTKXXIAI..
AnnWeraary of the Location or tbe Htnta
Cupltal to He Celebrated on M rdssstsr.
AmiaMT. Jan. 3.-Tho members of the Legls
lature are to take an active part In the celebra
tion on Wednesday of the 100th anniversary of
tho location of the State capital at Albany. Tho
celebration is In charge of a State Commission
appointed by the Governor, of which Mayor
John lloyd Thacher Is President. This will be
an elaborate event In the history of tbe capital
city, and many prominent cltlrens from all
parts of the Stato are Interested In making It a
success.
A committee of one hundred of Albany's lead
Ingcltlrentare cooperating with the commission
appointed by tbe (lovernor, and the day will be
fittingly observed. There will be a parade in
tho afternoon. In which members of tho Legls
lature will rartlclpMe, carriages being provided
for them. Organizations numbering two or
threo thousand people aro expected to partici
pate. Tbe literary exercltes nt 2 o'clock In the after
noon, in Ilnrmanus lllcekcr Hall, will be one of
the events of the day. Tho galleries will be free
to the public aud reserved scats are being dis
tributed for the orchestra and dress circle, (iov.
Frank S. Illnclt will preside. The programme
Includes an address b) the lion. Levi P. Morton,
a historical address by Dr.Chauncci M. Depew,
nn address by former Llout.-(lot. Thomas O.
Alriird of Syracuse, nnd a commemorative
poem by William II. McElroy. '1 ho Right Hov.
T. M. A. Hitrke. Catholic Illshop of Allinny. will
open thoexirclset In prair, and thnltlglit Rev.
t llllaui Croswell llosui, 1 plscopal llishop of
Albant. will close with n Lonedictlon.
Ill the et tiling the Mate ball will beheld In
tho commodious blato Armory. During; tho
past few days the armor), ttulrli has been In
tho hands of New utV. decorators, has been
transformed Into a verltnblo bower of beauty,
'lhe pall will distlnctlvily ho a Mn'c nffnlr.
'the north side of the ballroom will be known
ns the Slate Deinrtmenl. Ovurhiad and on the
sides Ihe colors of tho State, pale blur, huto
been used for tho decorations. In the eenlre a
large platform covered with white, to Imitate
marblo, has been built In tho middle of the rear
Is the ooal of arms of tho United Motes, on the
east side tho eoat of arms of the city ot Albany,
and on the west side lhe coal of arms of the
Stato arn suspended from mahogany staffs.
Lending tn the platform aro three steps. '1 ho
(lovernor and his wife III receive the guests on
the west slue, mid, after paying the compli
ments to the Exicutlve. tho guests will pass to
the east sldo, tt m re Minor 1 hncher and his
wife will rec, lv" Tills apartment Is eight feel
h) slxt feet, tin either side of the platform
apartment lime I ecu built for each of tbo
right Judicial districts of tho Stnte. Ill each
the coat of arms of tho principal clt of tha dls
trie I will be pluctd.
The (ommtttoo Is meeting with success In dis
posing of the tickets. Applications hnto been
made by citizens from vr city In tho Mate.
I'.i. Postmaster. Oeneral Ilttsull will head a dele-
ration from lIutTnlo. .1. Plerponl Morgan. Perry
lelmont. and Mr nod Mrs llradley Martin will
be auiotig the New Vorlters present. '1 he tickets
for gentleman und lady are $10, and single
llckuin 8&. lhe expenses of tho ball will be
$10,000, while not more than n thousand
people can be accommodated nt the armory,
W htlo tho ball Is lu progress n gorgeous ills-
Fliiy of lire-works will lake place In ashlngtnn
'ark In connection with tho skating cnrnltal
on the Park Lake. A night parade ol political
clulm pretlous tu the pjrutechiilu Ulspla) will
also bo a feuture.
Huslneae 1'leklnK Up la .lohnatotvn, Pit.
JiillMsniwN, Pit., .Inn. II 'lhe Johnson torn
pnn Steel Motor Works, which have been Idlo
for sot eral necks, will resume In full tills week.
This me ins that sut oral hundred Idle men will
be put to work 'I ho ( nmtirin Iron Company's
open hearth mill will resume operations to
morrow morning, nnd the- tt, el works, blooming
mill, and billet lull! will ttittt up on'luesdui.
Resides other work, thu eolnpiiny has recelt til
orders for making lU.ilUOtous nf Ilnlsbed rails
for tho I'ennsiliunla Railroad Company, which
will keep Bovernl mills busy during the next
mouth,
Fell Down nu Alrtliurt nnd tt a Killed,
Jnmrs Carroll of II.'U Kust Tw out) -sixth street
foil down the nlrshaft between tho two fist
houecsntliOOand .'111 Knit ltont-lltth street
somo time baturday tilghl, and wns killed,
Joseph Miller, tho Janitor of J0U. found his body
at the bottom of the blind about half-past (I
o'clock yestenta) morning.
Carroll, who was Of, yrnrs old, bad farmed the
habit of taking exercise on the roofs Instead of
on the street, and It Isauppmed that ho fell In
tho ibaft while Indulging la bis usual practice
.tV4HgniwgBt)inOaK'-W'''.,swiAi'vav.iH
3 ii b j, nam la run r rnia vtbek. fm
Both nonets to Meet on Wednesday t yV
Organist nnd Itecelve the Message,
At bant. Jan. 3.-I)oth houtes of the Leglsla SB
ture will meet at noon on Wednesday, and, S
nfter organizing, Uov. Riack's annual mestage 9
will be transmitted by the hands of his private H
secretary. Col. William II. Griffiths. Tho set- M
slon will not be of long duration, and, after the H
Assemblymen have drawn for tbe seats they
are to occupy during the session, the Legislature
will adjourn until tbe evening of Jan. 13. when
tho Assembly committees will be announced.
The organization of the Senate will pot b.
materially changed from last year and all thnt
will be necessary to complete the organlration
of the Legislature this year Is the election of
officers In the Assembly. The skirmish prelim- '
lnary to the Assembly organlration has shifted
from Albany In the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New
i prk City. Assemblyman James M. E. O llrady,
wiin is to be chosen Spenker without opposition,
w'".Pt"nrn his speakership headquarters her
until Tuesday. He Is now engnged In making up
the Assembly committees, which are rot to h
announced untlla week from Wednesds,, Tbe
caucuses of tho Republican and Democratic
members to nominate candidates for the vari
ous Assembly offices will be held on TuenUy
evening. I hero has boon no change In tbe Re
publican slate already published.
3IIS3 Sl'ItKCKKT.H'.t WBDDZXO.
Tba Hnanr Plantrr'a Ilancfeter est Mr.
tVataon Uoletlr Oet Mitrrled.
Salt Fiiakcisco, Jan. 3. Mlts Emma Spreck
els, the only daughter of Claus Sprockets, ths
sugar plauter, ship owner, and railway pro
moter, and Mr. Thomas Watson, a broker of
this city, were quietly married In San Jose on
Wednesday last. Desiring to avoid the puD
llclty lntspnrabl. from society wedding, th.
hrldo nnd groom detormlned to surprise tbtlr Hj
friends, and they succeeded. When Mr. and U
Mrs. Watson returned to San Francisco last
evening the announcement of their union wet H
made publlo for the tlrst time, and created a
mild sensation In society, wnere both are prom-
Inenu JM
Naw t'onsnanlea Incorporated. H
AtnA-iT, Jan, 3.- The following companies H
have been Incorporated by the Secretary of )1
State: fU
Allertan I.ubrlftnt Company of Naw York ell) l )
tapltal.ilOO.000. Directors-HutandF. Bodrlsuet ol LfM
Iiraoklyn, Clsrtncs t, bill sua Htmuel F, Wluint
ot New orfc. JH
Ilosener, Arnold ft Co. of New YorK city, to msnu jH
ftcture and ileal In totiacco suit chum ouplul. H
00 000. Dlreetort Sol llnsener. rredorlck KopJ W
ot New York, and August tt. Arnold ot Key t s.t, Am
111
Hterlllted lee snn Water Company of Prookljni M
capltt! 81,000. ntrectort-Jnhu tt. I rosrn, Fred. jM
rrtck V, nowe, and KUward . fllstiton of Ilroitk H
?n
olfikehl, Meyers ft Co. of New lork, to do a !
general piililii rt saekert'. anu sausage inskers H
suppt liiistuessicspltsl, 930,000 Dlreotors Nsitisa H
ttolrsketil of New iurk, ttllllam II Meyers of Al.
bsu, llnill C c'ston, lluxlmlllsn Caloo, and Arclil- B
bat I u, Morsn of New York H
II, A Cisselver of New York, to mannfseturs B
ptiarmaeeutli al and chemical preparation!! eattsl,
tOO.uOO Uireclors Houry A, Casssbeer, Jr snj
re. I trick Csssepeer or New York, an.i (.hntilta OH
Cnrnsllsnii of llroosl)n !
ItuuiUr A Cu of Nsw York elty, to msntiftcl irs VH
and ti II cjclei uud athletlo goodti capital, 35 0 0, JH
lilrectors Llllott Jlurrlt, Chtrlit II llusiuinh of
New ork1 sn I Itste a Powilitb of WetlLoro, Matt.
t i stciester Out and htectrlo Compsuyt oaplttl,
C100.UOO Dlrei tors-Oames H. Pendleton anl Al
U rt n Chettor of ttetierly. It. I elenrne . I osier
of New ork. ttallacu llaeketl of I'oritirisutn N. !
II,, Iltrbertl Jennings of Mount trrnon. I'tul H
ArmltQke of lis) bliore, and lienry fi Lionnelly of H
lirookln H
Italo Aim rlcan Fzprest Company of New .ork. VM
to o erste In the Unite,! ntstes, CAiinda, Cenirsl
aud houtli America lunipe, Astti, Africa and Aur
irillti rapitsl, (12 000 lureetors AlesstnJr
linlntneil, ttlliltui Ilartneld, 1'letrii Altlnii. Theo
rlore liemmerle, rrsncescu Aletlo, Joseph Nau ttta, !
au1 IlsfTarlo J'aura of New tork H
Inn atard and I pruhi Fiutlnesrlng Company of
lirookljn, to do inechsutcul sufftneerlngi riplttl, H
7,000 Directors -George II ttsrd, Lhsrltt tt, H
lrUhl, and James II. I prljlit of Ilrookljn M
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